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News Articles: local government

 Voters line up to cast their ballots on Tuesday, despite the fact that statistically, some of them fear their votes will not be counted. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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  • Elections

If Georgia’s elections are more secure than ever, why do so many voters distrust the system?

Election experts in Georgia often ponder a major discrepancy – the gap between the security of the state’s election apparatus and the amount of trust some people have in it.

October 18, 2024
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  • Ross Williams
An illustration of the connector park in Midtown between North Avenue, at left, and 5th Street. The silver oval at 5th Street is of the proposed performance venue. (Image courtesy Atlanta Connector Park)

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Plans stall for Midtown highway-capping project

Work by a private foundation to build a highway-capping park to reconnect the east and west sides of Midtown has stalled. The future of the park remains uncertain without significant financial backing by a local or state government agency that handles policy, funding and infrastructure decisions for transportation. 

July 25, 2024
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  • Dyana Bagby
Tybee Island Police Department police cars

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Tybee Island hopes new tools quiet Orange Crush weekend

Local and state officials who were fed up with Orange Crush or never liked it in the first place couldn’t ban the annual rite of spring outright after last year’s traffic and management debacle. But 

April 16, 2024
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  • Craig Nelson and
  • The Current
Cook County board president Toni Preckwinkle (center) announces the county's debt relief program, along with executives from several local hospitals and Allison Sesso, President & CEO of RIP Medical Debt (far left).

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  • Health

A growing wave of local governments are erasing billions in medical debts

New York City joined other localities this week in pledging to buy up and forgive residents' unpaid medical bills. The trend started in Cook County, Ill., and is spreading around the country.

January 24, 2024
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  • Yuki Noguchi

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  • Family

As Major U.S. Cities Push To Diversify Housing, Atlanta Suburbs Aren't Ready For Change

In many American neighborhoods, it's illegal to build anything other than a single-family home on most lots zoned for residential properties. Take Sandy...

June 25, 2019
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  • Leighton Rowell and
  • Virginia Prescott

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Political Rewind: No Funds for Rural Broadband, Home Regulations, Trump Abortion Law

On this edition of Political Rewind, plans to expand broadband to rural Georgia may be in jeopardy after legislators kill a bill that would pay for the...

February 26, 2019
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  • Bill Nigut
Marjorie, a longtime Kennesaw resident, carries a revolver. She says she once pulled it from the holster when she felt threatened by a stranger.

In Some Georgia Cities, A Requirement To Bear Arms

Since more than a million people demanded stronger gun control laws in the March for Our Lives, many local governments have proposed tougher...

April 16, 2018
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